Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus

Posted: April 17, 2013

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:

Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.

Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.

Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.

Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.

% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.

Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	23

First Seen:	April 17, 2013
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus is one of the newest Police Ransomware Trojans to hit the Middle East, with its sights set on taking Palestinian PCs hostage for ransom. Although the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus creates a Palestine-specific pop-up warning that claims to be sent by the nation's law enforcement, the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus isn't a legal program and never should be paid. The Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus (and other members of its family that SpywareRemove.com malware experts are quite familiar with) is well-known for disabling your ability to access your desktop, but a few basic security techniques, followed by a thorough anti-malware scan, should be able to unlock your computer and remove Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus for free.

The Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus: Doing Its Level Best to Annex Your PC

Infection methods preferred by the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus's family of Police Ransomware Trojans usually include the heavy abuse of exploit kits (online PC threats that launch drive-by-downloads against unprotected PCs that load compromised websites) and, in some cases, various Trojan downloaders and Trojan droppers. Since the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus and related types of Police ransomware Trojans are unable to distribute themselves, SpywareRemove.com malware experts recommend assuming that the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus always is backed up by other PC threats that also may be on your computer.

Unlike the coy banking Trojan or concealed backdoor Trojan, the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus's attacks are detectable immediately as pop-up warnings that cover your entire screen. The Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus's pop-ups claim that your computer has been used for multiple crimes and that you're required to pay a legal fine, but SpywareRemove.com malware researchers stress that the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus launches its pop-up attack regardless of which kind of activities you may have been executing on your PC. Paying the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus's fine will not remove the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus's pop-up alert, and the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus, itself never should be considered a tool of the Palestine's police.

Taking Back What's Yours from the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus

Although the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus has the remarkable temerity to attack a country that most likely has bigger problems than Police Trojans, the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus still is cloned from the same mold as the other Police Trojans from its family. To emphasize the flexibility of the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus and its clones, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have pointed out some of the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus's most recent relatives:

The Public Security Directorate Ransomware, targeted at Jordan.
The Lebanese Internal Security Forces Virus, targeted at Lebanon.
TheAbu Dhabi Police GHQ Ransomware, targeted at the United Arab Emirates.
The Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü Ransomware, targeted at Jordan.

Related Police Trojans also have been confirmed targeting countries as different as France and Ecuador.

The appropriate removal of Police Trojans from the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus's family generally should use suitable anti-malware software, but the initial pop-up attacks will block you from using these programs. To remove the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus's pop-up and disable related PC threats, SpywareRemove.com malware experts suggest attempting a reboot from Safe Mode. Booting your PC from a removable device also can circumvent the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus's attacks.

Having prevented the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus from launching, you then can delete the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus with any anti-malware product you prefer for the procedure – all without incurring the wrath of Palestine's real police force.

Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus

Threat Metric

The Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus: Doing Its Level Best to Annex Your PC

Taking Back What's Yours from the Palestinian Civil Police Force Virus

Leave a Reply